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Brother  James's  Library,  No.  9. 


H.  McOBATH,  PHH.ADELPHIA. 


ROSE  AND  THE  LILY; 


BY  BROTHER  JAMES. 


PHILADELPHIA  : 
HENRY  Me  GRATH, 

No.  733  MARKET  STREET, 
1864. 


MINI. 

TZ. 


THE 


ROSE  AND  THE  LILY. 


CHAPTER  I. 

LAURENCE  MACMULLEN 
was  a  hard-working  and 
industrious  mechanic, 
who  had  been  left  a 
widower  at  the  early  age  of 
thirty,  with  two  daughters, 
who  were  twins,  to  support. 

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6  THE   ROSE 

Unlike  what  twins  are  in 
general,  these  little  girls  dif- 
fered exceedingly  in  personal 
appearance,  and  nearly  as 
much  in  disposition  and  cha- 
racter. Aileen,  the  eldest, 
was  florid,  robust,  full  of  life, 
spirit,  and  activity,  whilst 
May,  the  younger,  was  mild, 
delicate,  and  retiring,  without 
being  positively  shy.  Their 
father  was  a  master-carpenter 
by  trade,  and,  as  his  avoca- 
tions required  him  to  be  a 
great  deal  from  home,  he  was 


AND  THE   LILY.  7 

obliged  to  trust  the  guardian- 
ship of  his  children  to  another, 
who  was  partly  a  servant  and 
partly  a  friend.  So  far  as  pu- 
rity of  life  and  conduct  went, 
he  could  not  have  chosen  a 
better  than  Kitty  Neill,  in 
whose  character  the  only 
drawbacks  were,  an  easiness 
of  temper  which  suffered  it- 
self to  be  swayed  by  those 
whom  she  loved,  and  a  love 
of  story-telling  and  absurd 
speculations  regarding  the  fu- 
ture, in  which  it  is  at  all  times 


8  THE  EOSE 

useless,  and  sometimes  dan- 
gerous, to  engage.  From  an 
early  period,  Kitty  had  dis- 
tinguished the  children  com- 
mitted to  her  charge  by  the 
names  of  "the  Rose"  and  "  the 
Lily," — the  former  of  which 
designations  was  applied  to 
Aileen,  the  latter  to  May; 
and  as  the  Irish  are  a  poetical 
people,  the  applicability  of 
the  ties  thus  foolishly  con- 
ferred remained  with  them, 
since,  in  point  of  fact,  the 
elder  girl  not  inaptly  por- 


AND   THE   LILY.  9 

trayed  the  blooming  flower 
whose  name  she  bore,  and  the 
younger,  in  the  general  deli- 
cacy of  her  complexion,  and 
the  quiet,  timid,  and  retiring 
nature  of  her  disposition, 
might,  with  equal  justness, 
be  compared  to  the  modest 
and  unobtrusive  lily,  that 
loves  the  shade.  Although 
Kitty  loved  them  both,  still 
she  was  proud  of  Aileen  $£nd 
as  the  little  girl's  tempera- 
ment was  more  high-spirited 
and  resolute  than  that  of  her 


10  THE   ROSE 

sister,  she  gradually  estab- 
lished a  sway  over  her  nurse 
which  the  latter  could  not 
shake  off,  antf.  thus  it  hap- 
pened that  minor  faults  were 
overlooked,  and  minor  short- 
comings made  light  of,  until, 
at  last,  Aileen  submitted  with 
the  worst  possible  grace  to  be 
questioned  or  censured  at  all. 
She  was  occasionally  hasty, 
sharp,  and  shori>tempered, 
and  during  her  fits  of  passion 
she  said  and  did  things  which, 
if  not  completely  indefensible, 


AND  THE   LILY.  11 

were  often  the  source  of  much 
annoyance  to  the  objects  of 
them,  and  of  much  sorrow  to 
herself  when  her  better  sense 
returned  and  showed  her  how 
unreasonable  she  had  been. 
May,  on  the  other  hand,  was 
much  more  easily  dealt  with; 
she  had  always  the  soft 
answer  ready  which  "turns 
away  wrath,"  and  was  infi- 
nitely more  inclined  to  make 
excuses  for  others  than  to  re- 
quire them  for  herself.  In 
their  education,  too,  the  same 


12  THE   ROSE 

difference  prevailed  :  they 
went  to  a  day-school  kept  by 
Miss  Moriarty,  a  maiden  lady 
of  advanced  years,  and  whose 
only  foible  was  an  ardent  de- 
sire to  be  considered  much 
younger  than  she  really  was. 
Her  disposition  was  excellent, 
and  her  information  tolerably 
extensive ;  but  she  had  once 
been  handsome,  and  her  father 
had  once  been  rich,  and  now 
that  in  the  decline  of  life  she 
had  lost  both  beauty  and 
wealth,  unfortunately  for  her- 


AND   THE   LILY.  13 

self,  the  recollections  connect- 
ed with  them  remained,  and 
made  her  discontented  with 
her  present  lot, — which,  after 
all,  was  a  comfortable  one, — 
and  led  her  often  very  injudi- 
ciously to  talk  of  her  "down- 
fall" before  the  more  favoured 
of  her  scholars,  in  a  repining 
and  discontented  tone,  which 
sometimes  made  her  the  pity, 
and  quite  as  often  the  ridi- 
cule, of  the  younger  girls, 
who  well  knew  how  to  depre- 
cate her  anger,  and  insure 


14  THE  KOSB 

her  good  will,  by  dosing  her 
with  flattery,  or  listening  with 
complacency  to  the  details  of 
"the  conquests"  which  she 
had  made  in  early  life,  and 
the  "splendour"  in  which  her 
father,  "  the  Captain,"  used  to 
live.  She  never  intended  to 
do  harm  by  such  idle  stories ; 
but,  nevertheless,  they  pro- 
duced evil  effects  in  more  ways 
than  one,  by  idling  the  time" 
of  her  scholars,  by  distracting 
their  young  minds  into  useless 
and  unprofitable  channels  of 


AND   THE   LILY.  15 

thought,  and  by  rendering 
them  in  some  degree  hypo- 
crites, inasmuch  as,  against 
their  convictions  and  feelings, 
they  felt  that  they  must  sym- 
pathize with  her,  or  lose  her 
good  will.  Unfortunately  for 
Aileen  MacMullen,  this  ami- 
able but  eccentric  preceptress 
early  distinguished  her  in  a 
particular  manner  by  her  re- 
gard; and  as  the  little  girl 
found  it  easier  to  flatter  her 
mistress  than  to  learn  her 
tasks,  she  did  the  former,  and 


16  THE   ROrfE 

left  the  latter  much  more 
to  chance  than  she  ought  to 
have  done.  Among  her  school- 
fellows, also,  her  decision  of 
manner  and  impatience  of  all 
control  produced  their  effects, 
and  led  her  to  obtain  as  great 
an  influence  over  them  as 
they  did  over  every  one  else. 
These  weaknesses  of  charac- 
ter— for  as  yet  they  were  no 
more — might  have  been  easily- 
cured  or  prevented,  but  there 
was  no  firm  hand  to  eradicate 
the  tares,  and  so  she  went  on, 


AND   THE   LILY.  17 

praised  by  her  schoolmistress, 
flattered  by  her  nurse,  and 
neglected  by  her  father,  who 
loved  her  dearly,  but  was  too 
busily  engaged  to  give  her 
that  needful  superintendence 
which  was  particularly  neces- 
sary to  check  the  bad  conse- 
quences of  the  evil  training 
which  she  every  day  received. 
She  had  one  true  and  real 
friend  and  adviser  in  her  sis- 
ter May,  who,  although  the 
younger  of  the  two,  saw  the 
defects  in  her  character,  and 


18  THE   ROSE 

would  have  checked  them  if 
she  could.  May  often  pointed 
out  to  her  the  danger  of  grow- 
ing up  in  ignorance,  and  the 
still  greater  danger  of  listen- 
ing to  the  idle  adulations  of 
those  who  called  her  pretty 
and  clever,  but  who  seldom 
added  the  epithet  "good"  to 
the  list.  She  willingly  assisted 
her  in  getting  her  tasks,  but 
never  failed  to  admonish  her 
that,  although  Miss  Moriarty 
might  overlook  her  backward- 
ness, the  world  would  not  do 


AND   THE   LILY.  19 

so  hereafter;  and  although 
Kitty  might  tolerate  her  way- 
wardness of  temper,  she  would, 
at  a  future  day,  meet  with 
those  who  would  he  more 
mindful  of  her  faults.  For 
these  remonstrances,  however, 
Aileen  had  always  a  ready 
answer. 

"  I  am  not  afraid  of  the 
world,"  she  said,  "nor  of  those 
I  am  likely  to  meet  with  in  it. 
I  cannot  help  my  natural  cha- 
racter, or  heing  what  I  sup- 
pose I  was  intended  to  be.  I 


20  THE   ROSE 

do  not  wish  to  do  wrong,  and 
if  others  think  much  of  me, 
I  cannot  help  that,  either: 
how  could  I  ?  My  father  is 
satisfied  with  me,  so  is  Miss 
Moriarty,  so  is  Kitty ;  I  can't 
be  so  bad  as  y<ni  make  me  out, 
therefore ;  and  when  I  am,  I 
shall  feel  it,  and  stop  short." 

"Are  you  quite  sure  that 
you  can  do  so,  dearest  Aileen?" 
said  May;  "and  even  if  you 
do,  is  there  no  danger  that 
your  good  resolutions  may  not 
be  too  late  ?"  ' 


AND   THE  LILY.  21 

"It  is  never  too  late  to 
mend,  you  know/'  said  "the 
Rose,"  laughing  ;  "  so  just 
work  this  weary  sum  for  me, 
and  say  no  more." 

"  I  will  work  the  sum  for 
you,  with  pleasure,"  was  play's 
reply ;  "  but  you  are  wrong 
to  ask  me  to  do  so,  rather 
than  to  do  it  yourself.  If  I 
had  been  as — as  careless  as 
you  have  been,  I  could  not 
now  assist  you;  but  you  will 
not  always  be  sure  of  an  as- 
sistant, dear  Aileen,  and  there- 


22  THE   ROSE 

fore  ought  to  struggle  hard 
against  the  spirit  that  tempts 
you  to  neglect  whaj  you  ought 
to  remember,  and  to  remem- 
ber only  what  you  ought  to 
forget." 

"You  are  always  wiser  than 
your  elders,"  was  the  petulant 
reply ;  "  and  I  tell  you  now. 
as  I  often  told  you  before, 
that  I  would  be  much  obliged 
by  your  keeping  your  good 
advice  to  yourself.  You  fancy 
yourself  remarkably  clever, 
because  I  ask  you  to  help 


AND   THE   LILY.  23 

me  to  do  what  I  could  do 
myself  in  half  an  hour,  if  I 
only  chose  to  set  my  mind  to 
it ;  and  I  will  do  it,  too, — 
some  time  or  other ;  and  then 
we  shall  see  who  will  get  best 
through  the  world, — you,  with 
your  sleek  ways  and  snail's 
pace,  or  I,  with  my  idleness 
and  bad  temper,  as  you  call  it." 

"Indeed,  you  wrong  me, 
Aileen,"  said  poor  May,  with 
tears  in  her  eyes;  "I  only 
meant  to  say " 

"You   only  meant  to  say 


24  THE  ROSE 

what  you  did  say,  I  suppose," 
interrupted  the  spoiled  girl. 
"You  only  meant  to  say  to 
me  what  no  one  but  yourself 
ever  ventures  to  say,  and 
what  nobody  shall  say  with 
impunity,  either,  without 
hearing  of  it.  There ! — don't 
mind  the  sum  at  all ;  I  can  get 
Bessy  Crosby  or  Mary  Dooley 
to  do  it,  and  thank  me  for 
asking;  or  Miss  Moriarty  won't 
mind  it ;  for  I  can  wind  her 
round  my  finger,  as  often  as  I 
like,  by  asking  her  to  tell  me 


AND   THE   LILY.  25 

about  her  father,  the  Cap- 
tain  " 

"Hush,  sister!  hush!"  in- 
terrupted May,  in  her  turn  ; 
"  don't  let  any  one  hear  you 
speak  that  way;  for  I  am 
sure  you  do  not  mean  it.  If 
you  require  help,  I  am  always 
ready  to  give  it  so  far  as  I 
can ;  and  if  Miss  Moriarty 
sometimes  speaks  of  her  fa- 
ther, we  ought  to  remember 
that  she  has  suffered  much, 
and  that " 

"You  are  a  good  creature, 


26  THE   ROSE 

May,"  once  more  interrupted 
Aileen,  throwing  her  arm 
round  her  sister's  neck,  and 
kissing  her;  "  and  though  you 
scold  me  oftener  than  all  of 
them  put  together,  I  believe 
you  are  dearer  to  me  than 
any." 

And  so  it  was,  and  so  it 
ever  will  be.  Pleasant  friends 
and  acquaintances,  who  over- 
look our  faults  or  encourage 
our  errors,  are  not  the  land- 
marks to  which  the  true  spirit 
clings,  or  the  heart  turns  in 


AND   THE   LILY.  27 

its  moments  of  trouble,  or  even 
of  calmer  thought.  When  we 
look  back  on  life,  our  softer 
and  better  memories  remem- 
ber with  gratitude  and  respect 
not  those  who  indulged,  but 
those  who  restrained  us, — 
those  who  prayed  that  we 
might  avoid  temptation,  ra- 
ther than  those  who  led  us 
into  it  themselves, — those,  in 
fine,  who  taught  us  that  life 
is  short  and  eternity  long, 
rather  than  such  as  by  their 
precepts  or  example  endea- 


28  THE  ROSE 

voured  to  make  us  forget  that 
we  hold  our  fate  in  our  own 
hands,  and  that  although 
free  will  is  given  us,  it  is  not 
to  pervert  its  uses  or  abuse 
the  liberty  graciously  vouch- 
safed to  us  by  a  good  God?  in 
order  to  become  the  instru- 
ments and  agents  of  His 
direst  foe. 

For  some  years,  and  while 
they  continued  to  be  mere 
children,  things  went  smooth- 
ly and  pleasantly  enough  with 
*the  Kose."  She  ha,d  a  ready 


AND   THE   LILY.  29  ' 

wit,  a  pretty  face,  and  too  in- 
dulgent friends,  and  she  was 
thus  enabled  to  gloss  over  her 
ignorance,  while  her  faults 
were  forgiven  or  forgotten  by 
those  who  could  have  con- 
quered them,  but  did  not, 
until  they  became  so  deeply 
imbedded  as  to  make  those 
tremble  for  her  future  who 
were  really  interested  in  her 
fate.  The  world  had  pros- 
pered with  her  father,  too; 
and  as  he  was  now  beginning 
to  accumulate  wealth,  lived 


30  THE   ROSE 

in  a  larger  house,  and  formed 
new  acquaintances  and  friends, 
of  a  rank  superior  to  his  old, 
his  eldest  daughter's  foibles 
became  more  and  more  mani- 
fest every  day,  and  she  became 
more  confirmed  in  her  disin- 
clination to  submit  to  any 
check  but  that  of  her  own 
will.  Neither  was  her  choice 
of  companions  what  it  ought 
to  have  been:  the  vain,  the 
frivolous,  the  extravagant, 
and  the  sycophantic,  were 
those  whom  she  most  encour- 


AND   THE  LILY.  31 

aged  and  consorted  with;  and, 
although  Kitty  sometimes  ven- 
tured to  counsel  her,  the  ad- 
vice of  so  feeble  an  advocate 
was  disregarded,  whilst  May's 
more  serious  entreaties  were 
treated  sometimes  with  anger, 
and  always  with  contempt. 
She  had  now  in  some  degree 
outgrown  Miss  Moriarty's  tui- 
tion ;  or,  at  least,  she  had  ex- 
pressed to  her,  father  a  wish 
to  give  up  going  to  school; 
and,  as  he  called  her  "his 
little  housekeeper,"  and  had  a 


32  THE  ROSE 

notion  that  women  required 
little  learning,  he  indulged 
her  in  that,  as  he  did  in  every 
thing  else,  and  was  quite  con- 
tent to  see  her  pleased  and 
happy,  without  inquiring,  as 
he  ought  to  have  done,  whe- 
ther she  deserved  to  be  so. 
Indeed,  even  if  he  had  done 
so,  he  would  have  found  it 
difficult  to  arrive  at  the  truth ; 
Kitty  Neill  was  both  too  fond 
of  and  too  much  under  the  con- 
trol, of  her  imperious  "Rose" 
to  speak  a  syllable  in  her 


AND   THE   LILY.  33 

dispraise;  and  the  humbler 
"Lily"  was  never  questioned, 
and  would  never  have  thought 
of  annoying  her  father's  mind 
by  telling  him  of  faults  which 
she  was  sanguine  enough  to 
hope  would  be  rectified  by  time 
and  thought.  Besides,  May 
did  not  by  any  means  know 
the  entire  extent  of  her  sis- 
ter's folly,  or  how  far  her  love 
of  pleasure  and  admiration 
led  her.  She  was  aware  that 
Aileen  gained  credit  for  many 
things  to  which  she  never  ap- 


34  THE   ROSE 

plied  her  mind  or  put  her 
hand,  and  that  the  good 
"  housekeeping,"  of  which  her 
father  was  so.  proud,  owed 
its  perfection  to  herself;  she 
knew  also  that  during  her 
father's  absence  her  sister  was 
easily  enticed  away,  to  walk, 
to  visit,  or  to  shop,  by  com- 
panions like  herself,  who 
found  home  irksome,  and  who 
thought  every  occupation  un- 
welcome, save  such  as  had 
pleasure  and  idleness  for  its 
end  and  aim ;  but  she  did  not 


AND   THE  LILY.  35 

know  that  Aileen  had  been 
reduced  to  mean  and  un- 
worthy shifts  in  order  to  sus- 
tain her  in  her  extravagance. 
Thus,  her  father  gave  into 
her  charge  a  certain  sum  per 
month  for  the  purpose  of 
"keeping  the  house/'  as  it  is 
called;  and,  although  it  was 
amply  sufficient  for  such  pur- 
pose, she  did  not  use  it  as  it 
ought  to  have  been  used,  in 
paying  the  house-bills  regu- 
larly, but  thoughtlessly  squan- 
dered portions  of  it  in  the 


36  THE   ROSE 

purchase  of  trinkets,  ribands, 
and  unnecessary  dress,  un- 
known to  her  father,  leaving 
the  butcher,  the  baker,  the 
dairyman,  and  green-grocer 
unpaid, — at  least,  in  part, — 
and  condescending  to  tell  lies, 
and  implicate  her  father's 
credit  and  character,  by  say- 
ing that  it  was  his  want  of 
money,  and  not  her  want  of 
principle,  which  created  the 
delay.  No  doubt,  she  always 
intended  to  pay  those  bills, 
but  still  each  month  brought 


AND   THE   LILY.  37 

its  own  temptations  and  its 
own  demands,  and,  like  all 
tkose  who  outrun  their  means, 
she  felt  that  what  looked  pos- 
sible enough  when  considered 
at  a  distance  became  quite 
impossible  when  it  had  in 
reality  to  be  met. 

Meantime,  the  modest  and 
unobtrusive  "Lily"  grew  and 
strengthened  in  body  and 
mind.  May  mourned  over  her 
sister's  infatuation,  and  her 
father's  blindness  to  it;  but 
sincerely  loving  Aileen,  as  she 


38  THE   ROSE 

did,  she  could  not  find  in  her 
heart  either  to  denounce  her 
openly,  or  even  to  dare  her 
anger  for  the  sake  of  her  soul. 
In  private  she  mourned  with 
Kitty  over  the  altered  habits 
and  more  serious  weaknesses  of 
"the  Rose;"  but  when  in  her 
presence,  she  was  silent,  partly 
through  affection,  and  partly 
through  fear ;  and  when  spo- 
ken to  about  her  by  others, 
she  defended  her,  in  the  hope, 
that  she  would  appreciate  her 


AND  TEE  LILY.  39 

feelings  when  reason  returned 
hereafter. 

But,  thoughtless  as  she  was, 
she  was  soon  to  be  awakened 
from  dreams  of  indolence  and 
pleasure  to  a  sad  and  dark 
reality,  for  which  she  was 
altogether  unprepared.  In. 
superintending  the  roof  of  a 
new  building  which  he  had 
been  engaged  to  construct,  a 
part  of  it,  on  which  he  stood, 
suddenly  gave  way,  and  Lau- 
rence MacMullen  was  carried 
home  to  his  orphan  daughters, 


40  THE   ROSE 

— a  corpse.  At  first  the  poor 
girls  could  hardly  compre- 
hend the  extent  of  their  mis- 
fortune, and  Aileen  still  less 
than  May;  they  both  loved 
their  father,  although  in  a 
different  degree, — Aileen  be- 
cause he  indulged  her,  and 
May  because  she  felt  that  he 
was  entitled  to  her  dutiful 
respect;  and  now  to  be  thus 
terribly  and  instantaneously 
deprived  of  his  protection, 
rendered  them  powerless  to 
act,  to  think,  to  feel,  or,  for 


AND   THE   LILY.  41 

the  present,  to  do  any  thing 
but  weep.  In  their  sudden 
bereavement,  however,  they 
were  not  without  friends  to 
act  for  them,  to  whom  his 
memory  was  dear;  and  dur- 
ing the  subsequent  scenes  of 
sorrow,  more  than  one  kind 
hand  was  stretched  forth  to 
assist  them  and  save  them 
trouble.  But,  by-and-by,  this 
good-natured  excitement  sub- 
sided; their  parent  was  bu- 
ried, and  the  question  now 
to  be  seriously  considered  and 


42  THE  ROSE 

debated  was,  "How  were  they 
to  live?"  Although  MacMul- 
ien  was  beginning  to  thrive, 
still  he  had  not  had  tune  to 
accumulate  much,  and,  taken 
away  suddenly  as  lie  had  been, 
with  work  unfinished,  con* 
tracts  unfulfilled,  and  debts 
unsettled,  it  was  difficult  to 
settle  his  affairs,  or,  in  effect, 
to  arrive  at  a  correct  know- 
ledge of  how  he  stood  with 
the  world  at  all.  Had  the 
matter  rested  altogether  with 
Aileen,  it  would  have  been  a 


AND  THE  LILY.  43 

hopeless  business  indeed;  but 
with  May  it  was  otherwise. 
In  his  hurried  moments,  her 
father  had  often  employed 
her  to  look  over  accounts, 
and  sometimes  to  post  his 
books,  tot  his  memoranda, 
and  arrange  his  papers;  and 
now,  when  his  executor  and 
friend,  David  O'Reilly,  de- 
manded to  see  and  overlook 
his  accounts,  she  was  able  to 
give  him  great  assistance,  and 
not  only  that,  but  to  point 
out  to  him  the  easiest  and 


44  THE   ROSE 

best  mode  of  adjustment  for 
all.  But,  when  all  was  done, 
the  sum  total  was  far,  very 
far  under  what  the  sanguine 
"Rose"  had  anticipated  it 
would  be.  Barely  a  hundred 
pounds  remained  after  the 
payment  of  all  just  debts, 
and  of  this  nearly  ten  had 
to  go  to  liquidate  the  private 
claims  which  milliners,  per- 
fumers, and  others,  brought 
against  the  giddy  and  incon- 
siderate girl  who  was  thus 
hurled  from  comparative  afflu- 


AND   THE   LILY.  45 

ence  and  compelled  to  con- 
sider how  henceforth  she  was 
to  earn  her  own  bread.  Still, 
however,  she  trusted  that 
those  who  had  so  often  court- 
ed her  acquaintance  and  ap- 
peared to  delight  in  her  so- 
ciety would  not  desert  her 
now,  and  that,  one  way  or 
other,  they  would  invite  her 
to  their  homes,  and  provide 
for  her  wants ;  but  her  expe- 
rience of  life  was  small  in- 
deed, or  it  would  have  told 
her  that  those  who  court  us 


46  THE   ROSE 

for  what  we  have  to  give,  are 
not  likely  to  inconvenience 
themselves  when  we  can  give 
no  more,  and  that  as  rats 
desert  a  falling  house,  and 
swallows  wing  their  way  to 
warmer  regions  when  winter 
approaches,  so  do  the  com- 
panions of  the  idle  desert  the 
idle,  and  so  do  the  bonds  of 
good-fellowship  which  linked 
them  together  dissolve,  at  the 
first  frosts  of  misfortune  or 
sorrow. 

At  length  the  time  came 


AND  THE  LILY.  47 

when  some  thing  must  be  done, 
and  as  Aileen  still  loitered  on 
in  the  hope  that  something  or 
other  (she  did  not  know  what) 
might  "turn  up"  in  her  fa- 
vour, on  May  devolved  the 
unpleasant  task  of  awaken- 
ing her  from  her  visions  and 
bringing  her  back  to  the  world 
of  reality  which  stared  them 
in  the  face.  She  chose  her 
time,  of  an  evening  when  her 
sister  had  been  out  almost  all 
day  visiting,  and  when  she 
had  bitterly  complained  of 


48  THE   ROSE 

the  slights  she  had  met  from 
those  who  once  received  and 
treated  her  in  a  very  different 
fashion.  - 

"I  am  glad  you  have  spo- 
ken on  the  subject,  Aileen," 
said  May,  "because  it  will 
show  you  how  idle  are  the 
expectations  you  entertained 
of  being  received  and  pro- 
vided for  by  those  who  have 
so  treated  you,  and  that  it 
would  be  better  at  once  to 
give  up  such  vain  hopes  and 
endeavour  to  provide  for  your* 


AND   THE   LILY.  49 

self,  as  I  mean  immediately 
to  do.  Our  father  has  been 
dead  three  months,  and  the 
means  in  our  hands  cannot 
last  forever :  had  I  been  able 
to  arrange  his  affairs  in  less 
time,  I  would  both  have 
looked  out  for  a  situation 
myself,  and  advised  you  to 
do  so  before,  and,  as  it  is,  I 
think  the  sooner  we  set  about 
it  the  better.  God  always 
assists  those  who  are  willing 
to  assist  themselves,  and,  poor 
and  unprotected  as  we  are  at 


50  THE  ROSE 

present,  He  can  and  will  raise 
us  up  friends  and  better  pros- 
pects, if  we  onfy  pray  for  a 
continuance  of  His  grace  and 
walk  by  the  light  of  His 
divine  law." 

"  But  what  can  I  do,  May?" 
asked  "the  Rose,"  in  a  sub- 
dued and  startled  tone. 

"  As  to  myself,"  continued 
May,  calmly,  "I  am  better 
qualified  to  face  the  world 
than  you  are,  Aileen,  and 
therefore  I  am  more  anxious 
to  provide  for  you  than  for 


AND   THE  LILY.  51 

myself.  I  intend  to  advertise 
for  a  situation  as  governess  in 
a  Catholic  family,  as  I  think 
I  am  quite  competent  to  edu- 
cate the  junior  branches,  at 
all  events :  I  am  afraid,  how- 
ever, that  you  could  not  ven- 
ture to  undertake  so  much, 
and  therefore  I  do  not  advise 
you  to  try.  It  may  be  that 
some  of  our  well-wishers  may 
hear  of  a  situation  which 
would  suit  you,  as  companion 
to  a  lady,  as  I  hear  that  such 
are  occasionally  required  by 


52  THE  ROSE 

persons  of  delicate  health 
who  cannot  be  left  alone.  If 
you  think  that  such  a  situa- 
tion would  suit  you,  the  sooner 
we  set  about  looking  for  it 
the  better.  Dean  Kennedy 
met  me  only  yesterday,  and 
asked  me  what  we  purposed 
to  do  for  the  future;  and  as  he 
suggested  to  me  the  plan  I 
have  mentioned  for  you,  and 
desired  me  to  ask  you  about 
it,  it  is  possible  he  may  have 
something  of  the  kind  in  view. 
He  told  me  he  would  call  this 


AXD   THE   LILY.  53 

evening  to  speak  to  us  both: 
so  that  it  would  be  wise  to. 
be  prepared  with  an  answer, 
as  he  likes  a  plain  one." 

In  about  half  an  hour,  and 
while  they  were  yet  debating 
about  their  affairs  and  pros- 
pects, a  knock  at  the  door 
announced  a  visitor,  and  Dean 
Kennedy  was  ushered  in.  He 
was  a  tall,  stout,  dignified, 
and  good-humoured  looking 
ecclesiastic,  and,  in  reality, 
was  one  of  the  most  benevo- 
lent and  kindly-hearted  men 


54  THE  HOSE 

that  ever  lived.  He  extended 
a  hand  to  each  of  the  girls, 
and  gave  them  his  blessing 
as  he  did  so:  he  then  sat 
down,  and  addressed  them  in 
his  good-natured  way. 

"I  come  as  the  harbinger 
of  good  tidings  to  you  both," 
he  said,  "as  I  have  succeeded 
in  obtaining  a  situation  for 
each,  such  as  I  think  will 
answer  you  for  the  present, 
and  lead  to  better  things  here- 
after. For  you,  May,  I  have 
done  more  than  I  have  been 


AND  THE   LILY.  55 

able  to  accomplish  for  your 
sister,  because  you  are  better 
prepared.  Lady  O'Donnell 
has  consented  to  take  you 
as  governess  to  her  younger 
daughters,  and  as  Sir  Francis, 
her  husband,  keeps  a  splendi(J 
establishment,  and  has  a  large 
connection,  I  look  upon  your 
lot  as  a  particularly  fortunate 
one.  You  are  very  young,  to 
be  sure,  for  so  responsible  a 
position,  but  I  judge  of  you 
by  your  acts,  and  not  by  your 
age,  and  I  have  no  fears  for 


56  THE   ROSE 

your  future,  since  you  have 
so  well  performed  your  part 
in  the  past.  As  to  you,  my 
poor  child,"  he  continued,  ad- 
dressing Aileen,  with  a  graver 
air,  "I  regret  to  say  that  I 
have  not  been  quite  so  suc- 
cessful. Your  sister's  supe- 
rior information,  and  greater 
attention  to  her  education, 
give  her  advantages  which, 
unfortunately,  you  do  not  pos- 
sess. There  are  two  or  three 
families  in  which  I  could  have 
placed  you  in  the  same  posi- 


AND   THE  LILY.  57 

tion  as  that  in  which  May 
will  be  introduced  to,  but,  of 
course,  as  you  have  not  the 
necessary  training  or  informa- 
tion, both  for  your  sake  and 
my  own,  I  could  not  recom- 
mend you;  failing  in  that, 
however,  I  have  done  what  I 
hope  will  be  advantageous  to 
you,  in  procuring  for  you  the 
situation  of  companion  to  Mrs. 
Fitzgerald,  an  old  and  delicate 
lady,  who,  although  a  little 
eccentric  in  habit  and  man- 
ner (but  we  cannot  have 


58  THE   ROSE 

every  thing  we  wish,  you 
know),  is  in  the  main  very 
amiable,  kindly,  and  well  dis- 
posed. She  requires  a  young 
person  to  read  to  and  be  con- 
stantly about  her,  and  al- 
though this  will  include  a 
good  deal  of  confinement  and 
some  privation,  still,  as  you 
have  not  fitted  yourself  to 
accept  any  thing  higher,  it, 
will,  I  hope,  be  acceptable 
to  you,  and  may  serve  as 
an  introduction  to  something 
pleasanter,  and  more  aclvan- 


AND  THE   LILY.  59 

tageous,  at  a  future  day,  for 
which,  in  the  mean  time,  you 
may  be  preparing  yourself,  as 
I  trust  you  will  do.  The 
salary  will  be  small,  but  pro- 
gressive, and,  at  all  events,  as 
you  are  not  qualified  to  ac- 
cept a  more  responsible  situa- 
tion, you  must  endeavour  to 
be  content  with  it." 

At  this  announcement  the 
misguided  "Rose"  felt  in  her 
inmost  heart  how  little  the 
ambition  and  love  of  pleasure 
and  pleasant  companions  had 


60  THE   ROSE 

done  for  her,  and  how  much 
wiser  her  sister  had  been  in 
quietly  remaining  at  home, 
assisting  her  father  and  im- 
proving her  own  mind.  But, 
as  yet,  the  true  spirit  had  not 
visited  her,  and  she  felt  only 
annoyance  and  mortification 
at  the  superior  advantages 
offered  to  May,  and,  if  she 
dared,  would  have  rejected 
the  situation  'offered  to  her- 
self with  disdain.  But  Dean 
Kennedy  was  not  a  man  to 
be  trifled  with,  and  as  he  had 


AND  THE   LILY.  61 

always  evinced  an  interest  in 
their  welfare,  and  had  now 
evidently  taken  some  trouble 
on  their  account,  she  had  no 
reasonable  excuse  for  refusing 
what  he  proposed,  more  es- 
pecially as  she  was  perfectly 
conscious  that  however  much 
she  might  desire  a  higher  po- 
sition, still  that  it  was  her 
own  deficiency  which  forbade 
her  to  aspire  to  it,  or  him  to 
obtain  it  for  her.  It  was  a 
lesson  of  life,  however,  which 
was  not  lost  upon  her,  young 


62    THE   ROSE  AND   THE   LILY. 

and  thoughtless  as  she  was, 
for  in  her  own  mind  she 
silently  determined  to  turn 
over  a  new  leaf,  and  hereafter 
to  turn  her  time  to  a  better 
account  than  she  had  hitherto 
done. 

In  a  few  days,  every  thing 
was  arranged,  and  for  the  first 
time  in  their  lives  the  sisters 
were  parted,  and  poor  Kitty 
Neill,  to  her  great  grief, 
obliged  to  seek  another  home. 


CHAPTER  II. 

)ADY  O'DONNELL'S  recep- 
tion of  May  MacMullen 
was  both  courteous  and 
kind. 

"I  have  heard  the  history 
of  your  life,"  she  said,  "from 
our  mutual  friend  the  Dean, 
and  such  is  his  high  opinion 
of  you,  that  I  am  not  only 
willing  to  engage  you,  but 
happy  in  having  an  opportu- 

63 


64  THE   ROSE 

nity  of  receiving  you  into  my 
family  also.  These  young 
ladies  are  to  be  your  pupils : 
their  names  are  Emily,  Jane, 
and  Elizabeth,  and  I  trust  you 
will  find  them  as  docile  and 
amenable  as  it  is  their  duty 
to  be  towards  one  whose 
efforts  are  for  their  good,  and 
whose  example  ought  to  be 
an  inducement  to  them  to  do 
their  best  in  order  to  excel." 

Thus  kindly  received  and 
treated,  May  at  once  entered 
upon  her  new  vocation  with 


AND   THE   LILY.  65 

her  accustomed  earnestness 
and  zeal.  It  was  now  she 
found  that  "the  rewards  of 
labour  are  always  sweet,"  as 
she  was  enabled,  without  diffi- 
culty or  trouble  to  herself,  to 
convey  to  her  pupils  the  in- 
formation of  which  her  own 
mind  was  full,  and  which  she 
had  taken  pains  to  accumu- 
late in  the  very  best  way. 
Indeed,  before  three  months 
had  passed  away,  the  value 
of  her  system  was  seen,  and, 
while  the  parents  of  her  pu- 


66  THE   ROSE 

pils  were  astonished  at  their 
progress,  the  young  people 
themselves  gratefully  acknow- 
ledged that  it  was  to  their 
governess  the  merit  was  due, 
for,  as  Emily,  the  youngest, 
said  to  her  mamma,  "it  was 
impossible  not  to  understand 
what  Miss  MacMullen  meant, 
she  had  such  a  plain  way  of 
saying  and  doing  things,  and 
took  such  pains  to  explain 
all  that  was  necessary  in  the 
shortest  and  best  manner." 
As  a  resident,  too,  May  gave 


ANB  THE   LILY.  67 

equal  satisfaction  to  those 
under  whose  roof  she  was, 
and  to  all  connected  with 
them;  quiet,  humble,  and 
considerate  in  disposition  and 
manner,  she  was  attentive 
without  being  intrusive,  and 
courteous  without  servility; 
accustomed  to  wait  on  herself, 
she  gave  no  trouble  to  ser- 
vants, but  on  the  contrary, 
when  visitors  were  in  the 
house,  or  company  expected, 
she  placed  herself  at  the  ser- 
vice of  any  one  who  required 


68  THE   ROSE 

assistance,  and  often  made 
herself  so  generally  useful 
that  at  length  Lady  O'Don- 
nell  learned  to  look  upon  her 
as  a  confidential  friend,  rather 
than  any  thing  else,  and 
treated  her  as  such,  not  alone 
in  private,  but  even  in  pub- 
lic and  when  surrounded  by 
friends  and  associates  of  the 
hfghest  rank.  Neither  did 
any  one  who  knew  her  envy 
her  this  distinction,  for  every 
one  was  aware  that  she  de- 
served it,  and  only  used  the 


AtfD   THE  LILY.  69 

favour  she  enjoyed  in  order 
to  benefit  others  rather  than 
herself.  A  more  unostenta- 
tiously charitable  pair  did  not 
exist  than  Sir  Francis  O'Don- 
nell  and  his  lady,  and,  as 
their  almoner,  the  gentle  May 
was  often  despatched  on  mis- 
sions of  mercy,  to  shed  balm* 
on  wounded  and  weary  hearts, 
and  her  aid  was  often  re- 
quired in  order  to  find  out 
deserving  objects  as  well  as 
to  relieve  them.  In  point  of 
fact,  her  father's  death,  so  far 


70  THE  ROSE 

from  being  an  injury  or  mis- 
fortune to  her,  had  been 
altogether  otherwise ;  but  this 
was  attributable  to  herself, — 
to  her  own  admirable  good 
sense,  which  had  made  her 
not  only  see  the  right  path, 
but  stick  to  it,  even  at  a  time 
when  the  world  looked  pros- 
perous and  no  one  could  have 
anticipated  that  she  would 
have  been  so  suddenly  de- 
prived of  her  protector  and 
thrown  on  her  own  resources 


AND  THE  LILY.  71 

for  a  means  of   earning  her 
bread. 

Having  thus  far  accompa^ 
nied  "the  Lily"  on  her  plea 
sant  path,  we  will  now  turn  to 
"the  Kose,"  whose  career  was 
by  no  means  so  unruffled. 
Mrs.  Fitzgerald,  the  lady  with 
whom  she  was  to  live,  was 
somewhat  of  a  malade  imagi- 
naire;  that  is,  one  who  sup- 
posed herself  the  victim  of 
diseases,  from  which,  except 
in  imagination,  she  was  totally 
free,  but  the  fear  of  which, 


72  THE   ROSE 

nevertheless,  tormented  not 
only  herself,  but  every  one 
about  her.  She  required  con- 
stant attendance,  and  per- 
petual sympathy;  expected  to 
find  every  thing  ready  for  her 
the  moment  she  asked  for  it; 
and  thought  far  too  much  of 
her  own  requirements  to  spare 
the  labour  or  time  of  those 
who  served  her.  She  lived 
in  an  atmosphere  of  medicine, 
and  was  constantly  hurrying 
from  one  doctor  to  another 
when  any  new  symptom  pre- 


AND   THE   LILY.  73 

sented  itself,  or  trying  new 
nostrums  recommended  in  ad- 
vertisements as  infallible  cures 
for  every  disease,  but  which 
she  always  said,  with  a  sigh, 
"never  did  her  the  least  good." 
Always  weak  and  nervous,  she 
was  perpetually  "strengthen- 
ing herself"  with  stimulating 
food  and  wine,  which  inter- 
fered with  her  digestion,  and  i 
made  her  still  worse  than  she 
was  before ;  and,  indolent  by 
nature  and  habit,  she  lingered 
in  bed  until  noon,  took  hardly 


74  THE   ROSE 

any  exercise  during  the  day, 
and  then  wondered  that  she 
could  not  sleep,  and  required 
the  presence  of  some  one  in 
her  room  always  to  a  late 
hour,  to  listen  to  her  com- 
plaints, give  her  the  medi- 
cine to  which  she  continually 
resorted,  and  endeavour  to 
amuse  or  console  her,  as  the 
.case  might  be.  It  was  to  this 
lady  Aileen  MacMullen  was 
introduced  by  the  benevolent 
Dean,  who  met  the  captious 
inquiries  and  remarks  of  the 


ANI>  THE  LILY.  75 

nervous  lady  in  a  very  cheer- 
ful, off-handed,  and  satisfac- 
tory way,  although  "the  Rose" 
trembled  at  the  idea  of  all 
that  was  expected  of  her  by 
one  who  seemed  to  have  no 
consideration  for  any  human 
being  but  herself. 

"She  is  very  young,  my 
dear  Dean  Kennedy,"  said 
Mrs.  Fitzgerald,  on  first  seeing 
her,  "and  not  very  strong- 
looking,  either :  now,  I  remark 
that  very  young  girls  are  apt 
to  foil  asleep  just  when  I  am 


76  THE   ROSE 

at  the  worst  and  most  want 
them  to  keep  awake;  and 
then,  if  they  are  not  strong, 
they  begin  to  complain  of 
sickness,  and  that  upsets 
me  dreadfully, — shatters  my 
nerves,  in  fact,  and  makes  me 
uncomfortable  for  days  and 
days  after.  What  is  her  name, 
you  say?" 

"Aileen  MacMullen." 

"Absurd  !     Aileen  !     how 

could  I  ever  remember  such 

an    out-of-the-way    name    as 

that  ?     But  no  matter ;  I  can 


AND   THE   LILY.  77 

call  her  Ally,  short,  and  that 
will  answer.  Can  you  read 
well,  Ally?" 

Aileen  answered  that  she 
could. 

"I  am  afraid  you  are  very 
fond  of  dress,  and  I  don't  like 
any  one  about  me  that  is," 
continued  the  lady,  looking 
at  her;  "it  takes  up  so  much 
time,  and  I  am  always  so 
poorly  that  I  can't  bear  to  be 
left  alone ;  besides,  I  particu- 
larly require  humility,  and  I 
detest  vanity.  I  hope  you 


78  THE   ROSE 

know  how  to  give  medicine 
without  making  mistakes?" 

Aileen  answered,  that  she 
would  do  her  best. 

"  Yes,  but  you  must  be  sure 
of  it;  don't  give  yourself  that 
undecided  way  of  speaking, 
because  it  looks  as  if  you 
were  afraid  of  doing  right, 
and  so  I  might  be  poisoned, 
you  know.  I  hope  her  tem- 
per is  good,  Mr.  Dean  !" 

The  Dean  smiled,  and  said 
he  hoped  so  too. 

"I  am   very   particular  in 


AND   THE  LILY.  79 

the  article  of  temper,  Ally," 
she  went  on,  addressing  the 
poor  humbled  "Bose;"  "very 
particular,-  indeed;  my  last 
serious  attack  of  congestion 
was  brought  on  by  the  ill- 
temper  of  a  young  person  who 
attended  me,  and  I  might 
say  that  the  whole  of  my  ill* 
ness  has  been  produced  by 
some  such  trials,  for  which 
I  never  give  any  reasonable 
cause,  so  that  if  you  cannot 
depend  on  your  own  temper, 
I  had  rather  you  would  not 


80  THE   ROSE 

engage  with  me  at  all.  I 
suppose  you  know  how  to 
make  jellies  and  custards :  I 
am  fond  of  them,  and  the 
doctors  say  they  are  good  for 
me ;  and  sometimes,  I  dare 
say,  I  would  prefer  your 
making  them  to  having  them 
cooked  in  the  kitchen;  he- 
sides,  a  young  person  who 
has  to  earn  her  bread  ought 
to  learn  every  thing,  and 
never  be  above  putting  her 
hand  to  any  thing.  I  should 
like  you  to  wear  caps,  too,  or, 


AND   THE   LILY.  81 

at  all  events,  not  to  have  so 
many  curls  and  things  hang- 
ing about  your  shoulders ;  in- 
deed, I  wonder  your  own  good 
sense  wouldn't  tell  you  how 
unbecoming  and  improper 
they  are ;  but,  by-and-by,  we 
can  correct  all  that ;  and  now 
you  may  go  down-stairs  for  a 
little,  and  take  off  your  bon- 
net and  shawl,  as  I  shall  want 
you  to  give  me  two  table- 
spoonfuls  of  my  restorative  car- 
diac-antispasmodic  mixture  al- 
most immediately,  and  if  I 

6 


82  THE  ROSE 

don't  take  it  at  the  regular 
period,  I  cannot  take  my  tonic 
syrup  and  antiflatulent  pills 
in  due  course." 

From  the  glimpse  we  have 
thought  it  necessary  to  give 
the  reader  of  Aileen's  new 
employer,  it  will  at  once  be 
seen  that  her  situation  did 
not  promise  to  be  a  sinecure, 
and  a  week's  trial  proved  to 
her  that  it  was  even  more 
difficult  and  troublesome  than 
she  feared  it  could  be.  Her 
eccentric  mistress  had  a  thou- 


AND   THE   LILY.  83 

sand  oddities,  some  one  of 
which  was  sure  to  turn  up  at 
the  most  untoward  times  and 
in  the  most  extraordinary 
way.  At  daylight  she  would 
frequently  call  for  coffee,  or 
soup,  or  wine  and  water,  or 
send  for  a  physician,  and  keep 
every  one  doing  something  or 
other  about  her  until  he  came. 
Then,  there  were  medicines 
to  be  given,  and  lotions  to  be 
applied,  and  symptoms  to  be 
watched  for  or  anticipated, 
and  when  ease  had  been  pro- 


84  THE   ROSE 

cured,  she  must  be  soothed, 
and  read  to,  and  consoled, 
and  sometimes  even  sung  to, 
when  her  spirits  were"  particu- 
larly low.  A  single  word  utter- 
ed above  the  breath  was  sure 
to  bring  on  what  she  called 
"a  paroxysm,"  during  which 
she  alternately  scolded,  wept, 
and  remonstrated,  as  if  she 
were  pleading  for  her  life,  or 
threatening  a  criminal  with 
vengeance  for  attempting  to 
take  it.  To  sum  up  all,  too, 
she  was  by  no  means  generous 


AND   TUB   LILY.  85 

to  any  one  but  herself,  and, 
although  her  own  dietary  was 
of  the  most  costly  and  luxu- 
rious kind,  she  thought  that 
the  humblest  and  most  meagre 
fare  ought  to  suffice  those  to 
whom  she  gave  so  much  trou- 
ble, and  from  whom  she  ex- 
pected so  much. 

Completely  opposed  as  all 
this  was  to  Aileen  MacMul- 
len's  former  habits  and  mode 
of  life,  she  found  it  at  first 
almost  intolerable,  and  she 
would  have  given  it  up  in 


86  THE  -ROSE 

disgust,  had  she  not  been  for- 
tified by  the  admonitions  of 
the  good  Dean,  who  conjured 
her  to  receive  her  present 
sufferings  as  a  penance  for  her 
former  fbrgetfulness,  and  to 
endeavour  to  bear  with  them 
for  a  time,  in  order  to  pre- 
pare her  for  better  things 
hereafter ;  she  was  also  con- 
soled and  encouraged  to  per- 
severe by  the  affectionate  let- 
ters of,  and  meetings  with, 
May,  who  wrote  to  .her  fre- 
quently, and  saw  her  once, 


AND   THE   LILY.  87 

and  frequently  twice,  a  week. 
The  considerate  "Lily"  did 
not  annoy  her  by  contrasting 
their  lots  in  life,  but  rather 
endeavoured  to  inspirit  her  to 
bear  the  annoyances  she  was 
now  meeting  with  fortitude, 
and  at  every  leisure  moment 
to  attend  to  those  studies 
which  might  serve  to  raise 
her  out  of  them,  if  she  per- 
severed as  she  ought.  For- 
tunately, too,  those  reasonable 
and  seasonable  arguments, 
coming  as  they  did  from  those 


88  "THE   ROSE 

* 

whom  she  well  knew  to  be 
full  of  interest  and  affection 
for  her,  fell  on  a  spirit  softened 
rather  than  hardened  by  what 
she  was  now  obliged  to  bear, 
and  made  her  listen  to  them 
respectfully,  and  treasure  them 
as  her  best  guides  for  a  course 
to  be  adopted  for  the  future. 
Heretofore,  and  when  pros- 
perity and  pleasure  surround- 
ed her,  she  had  been  by  no 
means  as  observant  even  of 
her  religious  duties  as  she 
should  be,  and  now  her  first 


AND   THE   LILY.  89 

reformatory  steps  were  in  that 
direction ;  she  frequented  the 
Blessed  Sacraments  frequent- 
ly, she  prayed  often  and  fer- 
vently to  the  divine  Mother, 
and  the  sainted  servants  of 
God,  to  intercede  for  her,  that 
grace  might  be  given  her  to 
redeem  her  errors  and  atone 
for  her  sins,  and  she  curbed 
her  waywardness  of  temper, 
and  struggled  hard  to  bear 
writh  the  exactions  and  in- 
considerate demands  of  the 
invalid  whom  she  found  it  so 


90  THE   ROSE 

hard  to  please.  In  the  main, 
however,  Mrs.  Fitzgerald  was 
not  an  unfeeling  woman,  when 
her  "nerves"  permitted  her  to 
think  of  others  as  well  -as  her- 
self:  she  had,  within  a  year 
or  two,  made  trial  of  several 
young  persons,  some  of  whom 
were  pert,  some  sujlen,  and 
all  of  whom  grew  tired  of  her 
whims,  and  at  last  deserted 
her,  'and  now  that  she  had 
met  with  one  superior  to  most 
of  them,  and  humble  and 
more  forbearing  than  any, 


AND   THE   LILY.  91 

she  began,  after  a  time,  to 
grow  more  considerate  her- 
self, and  to  forbear  exacting 
as  much  as  she  used  to  do, 
except  at  intervals,  and  when 
her  "  paroxysms"  obliged  her, 
in  despite  of  her  better  na- 
ture, to  give  way.  Besides, 
as  long  threatening  comes  at 
last,  her  health,  in  reality, 
began  seriously  to  decline, 
and  she  found  the  great  com- 
fort of  having  a  well-informed 
and  cheerful  attendant  about 
her,  who  was  actuated  by 


92  THE   ROSE 

principle  in  soothing  her  suf- 
ferings and  supplying  her 
wants.  To  Aileen  herself 
this  discipline  of  the  mind 
was  advantageous  in  every 
way,  and  when  at  last,  and 
after  a  whole  year  of  suffer- 
ing, Mrs.  Fitzgerald  and  her 
ills,  real  and  affected,  depart- 
ed, it  was  in  the  arms  of  the 
now  altered  "  Ro^e"  she  died, 
and  hers  was  the  prayer  for 
mercy  and  peace  which  she 
last  asked  for  and  seemed 
most  pleased  to  hear.  This 


AND  THE   LILY.  93 

was  a  reward,  and  a  very 
great  one,  too,  to  the  young 
girl,  for  her  attention  and 
care ;  but  the  good  will  and 
grateful  feeling  of  the  invalid 
were  proved  in  a  yet  more 
substantial  form,  for  on  open- 
ing her  will  it  was  found  that 
Aileen  MacMullen  had  been 
left  three  hundred  pounds  as 
a  mark  of  grateful  affection 
by  one  whose  sufferings  she 
had  soothed,  and  whose  death- 
bed she  had  contributed  to 
make  easy. 


94  THE  ROSE 

"You  see,  my  dear  child," 
said  the  Dean,  "that  out  of 
evil  springs  good,  and  that  we 
were  all  right  in  doing  as  we 
have  done, — you  in  bearing 
the  inconveniences  which  you 
felt  so  grievous  at  first,  and 
your  sister  and  I  in  advising 
you  to  do  so.  But  your  trial 
is  yet  to  come,  and  this  com- 
paratively large  sum  of  money 
may  prove  to  you  either  a 
blessing  or  a  curse,  according 
as  you  use  it.  You  have  al- 
ready had  some  slighi,  expe- 


AND   THE   LILY.  95 

rience  of  the  hollow  profes- 
sions of  those  who  call  them- 
selves your  friends,  and.  I 
trust  that  you  will  remember 
how  they  have  acted  towards 
you,  and  make  a  happier  and 
more  sensible  choice  of  asso- 
ciates for  the  time  to  come." 

But  "the  Kose"  had  already 
settled  her  plans,  and  only 
waited  to  receive  her  legacy 
in  order  to  commence  them. 
She  was  still  young, — not 
much  more  than  eighteen, — 
and,  with  May's  concurrence, 


96      ,  THE   ROSE 

she  took  lodgings  as  near  to  her 
sister's  residence  as  she  could, 
and  there,  in  silence  and  pri- 
vacy, she  recommenced  her 
education,  providing  herself 
with  masters,  and  diligently 
pursuing  the  studies  which 
they  recommended.  When  it 
became  known  that  she  had 
been  left  a  "fortune," — which 
report  greatly  increased,  as  it 
always  does, — many  of  her 
former  butterfly  friends  sought 
her  out,  or  endeavoured  to 
attract  her.  notice  as  she  met 


AND   THE   LILY.  97 

them  in  the  street.  But  she 
felt  no  temptation  to  alter  her 
present  plans  or  resume  her 
old  career;  so  that,  although 
she  accosted  them  civilly,  and 
received  them  courteously 
when  they  called,  she  showed 
them  by  her  manner  that  the 
old  spirit  had  altogether  de- 
parted, and  that  a  new  and 
better  one  had  taken  its  place. 
To  say  the  truth,  however,  on 
the  score  of  society  she  had 
no  need  to  fall  back  on  those 
who  had  looked  coldly  on  her 


98  THE  ROSE 

when  attentions  might  have 
been  of  use,  since  the  high 
consideration  in  which  "the 
Lily"  was  held  by  the  O'Don- 
nell  family  extended  itself  to 
her,  and  she  was  admitted 
not  only  to  visit  her  sister  at 
all  times,  but  frequently  in- 
vited to  spend  days  at  their 
house  among  the  happy  family 
group.  The  good  Dean,  al- 
ways her  friend,  had  told  them 
her  history  in  full,  and  they 
honored  her  for  the  struggles 
she  had  made  against  the 


AND   THE   LILY.  99 

faults  and  weaknesses  which 
had  so  long  beset  her,  and 
honoured  her  still  more  for 
the  judicious  way  in  which 
she  was  now  using  her  money 
and  her  time.  Thus  incited 
to  perseverance  on  all  hands, 
she  labored  hard  to  prove 
herself  worthy  of  the  regard 
in  which  she  was  held;  and 
after  about  eighteen  months, 
spent  in  preparation,  she  felt 
herself  fully  competent  to  un- 
dertake the  charge  of  pupils, 
and  at  once  commenced  her 


100  THE  ROSE 

search  of  them.  So  judicious- 
ly had  she  used  her  legacy 
that  more  than  two  hundred 
pounds  remained  to  her,  which 
she  treasured  up  for  a  rainy 
day,  or  reserved  as  a  fund  to 
be  devoted  as  prudence  might 
direct.  As  her  character  and 
qualifications  now  stood  high 
with  all  who  knew  her,  after 
a  short  time  she  had  many 
engagements,  and  all  of  the 
most  respectable  land,  to  ful- 
fil, and  gradually  her  fame  as 
a  teacher  became  so  high  that 


AND   THE  LILY.  101 

many  of  the  parents  of  her 
best  pupils  solicited  her  to  ex- 
tend her  usefulness,  and  open 
a  seminary,  where,  with  less 
labour  to  herself,  she  might 
receive  a  much  larger  number 
of  scholars  and  a  better  in- 
come. At  first,  the  idea  of 
undertaking  any  thing  so  re- 
sponsible daunted  'her;  but, 
on  referring  the  proposal  to 
her  always  kind  director  the 
Dean,  he  said  that  he  thought 
the  thing  might  be  done,  and 
ought  to  be  done, — but  on  one 


102  THE  ROSE 

condition,  namely,  that  her 
sister,  May,  would  join  her 
in  it. 

"Singly,"  he  said,  "either 
of  you  might  fail ;  but  when 
united,  I  have  no  fear  for  the 
result.  I  am  not  an  advocate 
for  partnerships,  except  where 
mutual  affection  tightens  the 
bonds  of  mutual  interest,  and 
creates  a  double  motive  to 
keep  all  right.  Besides,  May, 
I  dare  say,  has  a  little  hoard 
of  her  own,  which,  added  to 


AND   THE   LILY.  103 

yours,  would  make  a  respect- 
able capital  to  begin  with." 

"But  should  I  be  right,  sir, 
to  ask  May  to  leave  a  situa- 
tion where  she  is  so  much 
looked  up  to  and  loved,  merely 
to  oblige  and  serve  me?"  said 
Aileen. 

"You  forget  that  it  will 
oblige  and  serve  herself  also," 
replied  the  Dean,  with  a  smile ; 
"her  pupils  at  Lady  O'Don- 
nell's  are  now  grown  up,  and 
in  a  short  time  she  would 
have  to  look  for  another  situa- 


104  THE   ROSE 

tion,  which  might  not  happen 
to  be  as  pleasant  as  her  pre- 
sent one.  A  home  of  her 
own  will,  therefore,  be  a  more 
natural  and  more  agreeable 
retreat." 

"But  May  may  not  like  to 
join  me,  sir,"  persisted  Aileen; 
"she  may  remember  my  for- 
mer faults,  and  have  her  fears 
that  I  might  become  as  care- 
less and  giddy  as  I  was  before." 

"Hardly,  I  should  think," 
was  the  answer;  "  your  former 
errors  were  those  of  an  inex- 


AND   THE   LILY.  105 

perienced  girl,  who  had  no 
mother  to  advise  or  control 
her,  'and  who  fell  into  the 
hands  of  those  who  were  ill 
qualified  for  so  grave  and  re- 
sponsible an  office  as  they 
undertook.  But  you  have 
been  tried  by  the  tests  both 
of  adversity  and  prosperity 
since  then,  and  your  conduct, 
while  so  tempted,  is  a  suffi- 
cient guarantee  that  you 
have  learned  wisdom  in  the 
school  of  experience,  and  may 
now  venture  to  undertake  the 


106  THE   ROSE 

guidance  both  of  others  and 
yourself." 

Thus  encouraged,  Aileen 
opened  her  proposals  to  May 
at  their  next  meeting,  telling 
her  that  she  had  no  desire  to 
influence  her  unless  the  pro- 
position met  her  own  entire 
concurrence,  and  unless,  on 
consideration,  she  thought  it 
would  be  for  their  mutual 
good. 

"It  is  singular  enough,"  was 
May's  cheerful  answer,  "and 
I  hope  it  may  be  ominous  of 


AND  THE   LILY.  107 

good,  that  just  such  a  scheme 
as  you  now  propose  has  been 
running  through  my  brain  for 
some  time,  and  I  only  hesi- 
tated to  speak  about  it,  lest 
you  should  dislike  it,  or  think 
thut  it  might  bind  you  too 
much.  Indeed,  it  was  first 
suggested  to  me  by  Lady 
O'Donnell  herself,  as  the  girls 
are  now  grown  up  and  will 
not  require  my  services  any 
longer,  aird  my  kind  friends 
would  not  wish  to  part  with 
me  unless  they  knew  that  in 


108  THE   ROSE 

doing  so  I  would  be  at  least 
as  comfortable  as  I  have  been 
with  them.  As  to  funds,  we 
shall  be  splendidly  off;  be- 
tween us  we  can  make  up  five 
or,  it  may  be,  six  hundred 
pounds,  and  after  taking  and 
furnishing  our  house,  with 
God's  blessing,  the  residue 
will  be  more  than  sufficient 
to  meet  our  expenses  and 
keep  us  out  of  debt  until  we 
see  how  our  new  speculation 
may  answer." 

After  a  warm  sisterly  em- 


AND   THE  LILY.  109 

brace,  "the  Kose"  and  "the 
Lily"  parted,  soon  again  to  be 
once  more  united  and  dwelling 
under  the  same  roof.  But 
different,  indeed,  was  it  from 
the  residence  of  their  earlier 
years.  In  May  there  was 
nothing  to  be  corrected;  she 
had  never  yielded  to  tempta- 
tion, and  had  never  suffered 
the  after-penalty  which  is  sure 
to  visit  those  who  do;  the 
world's  respect  had  followed 
her,  for  God's  grace  surround- 
ed her,  as  a  shield  and  safe- 


110  THE   ROSE 

guard,  and  thus  protected  she 
had  always  walked  secure. 
With  her  sister  it  had  been 
different :  flattered  and  fooled 
by  those  who  ought  to  have 
known  better,  her  weaker 
mind  perceived  not  the  hol- 
lowriess  and  want  of  good 
sense  in  such  adulation,  and 
she  received  it  at  first  as  a 
compliment,  and  finally  as 
her  due.  Her  father's  death 
dissipated  these  dangerous 
thoughts  and  feelings,  and 
showed  her  how  perilous  it  is 


AND   THE  LILY.  Ill 

to  trust  for  friendship  or  sup- 
port to  those  who  foster  our 
foibles  and  are  careless  of  our 
real  respectability  and  good 
name.  She  had  been  tried 
and  had  triumphed,  and  now 
she  was  about  to  receive  her 
reward,  in  the  most  pleasing 
and  profitable  way.  After 
various  consultations,  and 
much  thought,  a  house  was 
taken,  furniture  procured, 
masters  engaged,  advertise- 
ments put  forth,  and,  by  the 
influence  and  exertions  of  Sir 


112  THE   ROSE 

Francis  O'Donnell  and  Dean 
Kennedy,  the  twin  sisters 
commenced  operations,  with 
a  class  of  six  boarders,  all  of 
the  highest  respectability,  and 
on  the  most  advantageous 
terms.  In  fact,  from  that  day 
forth  they  prospered  exceed- 
ingly, and  their  character, 
after  a  very  short  period, 
stood  so  high  that  they  were 
obliged  to  decline  the  recep- 
tion of  pupils  rather  than  to 
solicit  them,  in  compliance 
with  a  rule  established  at 


AND   THE   LILY.  113 

May's  wise  suggestion  from, 
the  first,  namely,  never  to 
take  a  single  scholar  more 
than  they  might  be  able  to 
have  under  their  own  per- 
sonal care  and  supervision, 
and  for  whose  progress  they 
could  not  undertake  to  be 
personally  answerable.  This 
rule,  although  it  restricted 
them  as  to  numbers,  added 
considerably  to  the  character 
of  their  school,  and  for  many 
years  their  establishment  has 
been  now  of  the  very  first 


114    THE   ROSE   AND  THE   LILY. 

class,  and  "the  Rose" and  "the 
Lily"  have  acquired  both  com- 
petence and  fame. 

In  conclusion,  we  think  it 
useful  to  say  that  the  prin- 
cipal incidents  of  this  little 
history  are  literally  true,  and 
we  have  written  it  in  order  to 
show  that  at  no  period  of  life 
is  it  safe  to  forget  principle, 
or  depart,  even  in  the  slight- 
est degree,  from  the  dictates 
of  probity  and  truth. 

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II.  McGRATH'S  PUBLICATIONS.  3 

Instructions  on  the  Holiness  and  Dignity  of  the 

Sacrament  of  Matrimony,    I8mo.    Cloth,  38 

cents. 
Life  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary,  Mother  of  God, 

To  which  are  added,  the  Life  of  St.  Ann,  and  of  St. 

Margaret,  Queen  of  Scotland.    18mo.  Half  bound, 

19  cents.    Cloth,  25  cents. 
Life  of  St,  Theresa.    To  which  is  added,  the  Life 

of  St.  Mary,  of  Egypt.    32mo.    Cloth,  25  cents. 
Lives  of  the  Blessed  Virgin,  St,  Ann,  St,  Margaret, 

and  St,  Liguori,    I&  one  volume,  18mo.    Cloth, 

38  cents. 
Life  of  St.  Alphonsns  Liguori.  ISmo.  Half  bound, 

19  cents.    Cloth,  25  cents. 
Little  Manual  of  Confession ;  or,  Guide  to  Grace, 

32mo.    Paper  cover,  6  cents.    Cloth,  13  cents. 
Life  of  Father  Ephraim  and  his  Sister,  Eeligious 

of  La  Trappe,    12mo.    Cloth,  75  cents. 
Louisa  Warden:  a  Catholic  Tale,    32mo.    Paper, 

6  cents.    Cloth,  13  cents. 
Mary,  the  Morning  Star ;  or,  A  Model  of  Interior 

Life.    24mo.    Cloth,  38  cents. 
Meditations  for  erery  Day  in  the  Tear,  on  the 

Principal   Duties  of  Christianity,     By  Per* 

Griffet,  S.J.    32mo.    Cloth,  38  cents. 
Moral  Tales  for  My  Young  Countrymen,    By  J. 

C.  Sherlock,  Esq.    18mo.    Cloth,  37*  cents. 
ITovena  to  St,  Anthony,    24mo.    Paper,  13  cents. 
Path  of  Perfection,    Purifying,  illuminating,  and 

uniting.    18mo.    Cloth,  50  cents. 
Preston  Hall,    A 'Catholic  House  in  1580  and  1855. 

A  Tale.    16mo,    Cloth,  50  cento. 


4  H.  McGRATH'S  PUBLICATIONS. 

Protestant's  Objections  on  Controverted  Points  of 
i  Faith  by  the  Written  Word,   ISmo.    Cloth,  38 
'  cents. 
Bose  of  Tanenbourg.    A  Moral  Tale.    By  Canon 

Schmid.    18mo.    Cloth,  38  cents. 
Eudiments  of  Singing.  By  Professor  Pique.  24mo. 

Paper,  6  cents. 
St.  Liguori's  Spiritnal  Works.    Being  a  Selection 

from  the  larger  Works  of  bt.  Alphonsus  Liguori. 

32mo.    Cloth,  50  cents.  ^ 

Sinner's  Gnide,    By  the  Rev.  F.  Lewis,  of  Grenada. 

12mo.    Cloth,  75  cents. 
Bister  Camilla,  the  Carmelite)  or,  The  Life  and 

Times  of  Mad.  Soyeconrt.  ISmo.  Cloth,  50  cents. 
Speech  of  the  Hon.  J.  B,  Chandler,  on  the  Tem- 
poral power  of  the  Pope.    Svu.    Paper,  13  cents. 
Sinner's  Conversion  Reduced  to  Principles.    By 

F.  Francis  Salazar,  SJT.    24ino.    Cloth,  31  cents. 
Tales  of  the  Sacraments.    By  Miss  Agnew,  au- 

thoress  of  Geraldine.     ISnio.    Cloth,  50  cents. 
The  Blessed  Sacrament  i  or,  The  Works  and  Ways 

of  God.    By  F.  W.  Faber,  D.D.    18mo.    Cloth,  50 

cents. 
The  Month  of  Mary.     Particularly  adapted  to  the 

Month  of  May.    By  a  member  of  the  Ursuline 

Community.    24mo.    Cloth.  37  £  cents. 
The  Glories  of  Mary,  Mother  of  God.    By  St. 

Alphonsns  Liguori.    24mo.    Cloth,  37$  cents. 
The  Glories  of  Mary,  Mother  of  God.    A  cheap 

edition.    32mo.    Cloth,  25  cents. 
The  Glories  of  Jesus,  contemplated  in  the  Minor 

of  Divine  Love,    24mo.    Cloth,  37$  cents. 


H.  McGRATH'S  PUBLICATIONS.  5 

The  Glories  of  St,  Joseph,  Spouse  of  the  Ever- 
Blessed  "Virgin,  24mo.  Cloth,  37*  cents. 

The  Glories  of  the  Holy  Angels,  Revised,  im- 
proved, and  corrected  by  a  clergyman  of  Phil»« 
delphia.  24mo.  Cloth,  37£  cents. 

The  Flower-Basket,  A  Catholic  Tale,  from  th« 
G erman  of  Canon  Schmid.  ISmo.  Cloth,  38  cents. 

Theobald;  or,  The  Triumph  of  Charity,  16mo. 
Cloth,  50  cents. 

Unity  of  the  Episcopate  Considered,  By  Edward 
Healy  Thomson,  M.A.  ISnio.  Cloth,  50  cents. 

White's  Confutation  of  Church-of-Englandism, 
and  Correct  Exposition  of  the  Catholic  Faith. 
I2mo.  Cloth,  75  cents. 

Young  Catholic's  Guide  in  the  Preparation  fat 
Confession,  32nio.  Paper  cover,  6  cents. 


PRAYER-BOOKS. 

The  Spirit  of  Prayer,  A  n«w  Manual  of  Catholic 
Devotion.  By  a  Member  of  thw  Ursuline  Commu- 
nity, Cork.  18mo.  Largo  type.  In  various  bind ' 
ings,  at  prices  from  50  cents  to  $8.00. 

The  New  Catholic  Manual  j  and  Pious  Exercises 
for  the  Use  of  the  Faithful.  24mo.  In  various 
bindings,  at  prices  from  38  cents  to  $6.50. 

The  Spirit  of  Devotion  J  A  Manual  of  Pious  Exer- 
cises for  Catholics ;  and  the  Mass,  with  Illustra- 
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from  31  cents  to  $5.50. 

Christian  Guide  to  Heaven,    A  Manual  of  Spiritual 


6  H.  McGRATH'S  PUBLICATIONS. 

Exercises  for  Catholics.    32mo.    In  various  bind* 

ings,  at  prices  from  25  cents  to  $4.50. 
Guide  to  Heaven  \  or,  Daily  Exercises.  48mo.   In 

various  bindings,  at  prices  from  19  cents  to  fl.OO. 
Child's  Own  Prayer-Book,    A  Manual  of  Devotion 

for  Young  Catholic  Children.    48mo.    In  various 

bindings,  at  prices  from  15  to  88  cents. 
Gems  of  Piety,    A  neat  little  pocket  Prayer-Book. 

64mo.    In  various  bindings,  at  prices  from  13  to 

75  cents.  _. 

CATECHISMS. 

Catechism  of  the  Christian  Doctrine,    Prepared 

by  order  of  the  National  Council,  for  the  u-e  uf 

Catholics  in  the   United  States  of  America.    3 

cents,  or  $1.75  per  100.x   S^\ 
Catechism  of  the  Christian  Doctrine,    Prepared  by 

order  of  the  National  Council.    Abridged  from  the 

larger  one.    2  ce*its,  or  $1  per  100. 
Catechism  for  First  Confession,    S2mo.    Paper,  3 

cents,  or  $2  per  100. 
Catechism  for  Confirmation,  32mo.   Paper,  3  cents, 

or  ?2  per  100. 
Catechism  for  First  Communion,    Translated  from 

the  French,  and  revised  by  tbo  Very  Rev.  Father 

Pagani.    32mo.    Paper  covers,  6  cents,  or  $4  per 

100. 
Catechism  for  Mass,    Being  an  Easy  and  Simple 

Explanation  of  the  Ceremonies  and  Prayers  of  the 

Holy  Sacrifice.    32mo.    Paper,  6  cents,  or  $4  pe* 

100. 


H.  McQRATH'S  PUBLICATIONS.  7 

Butler's   Large   Catechism,   5  cents,  or  $3  per 

100. 
Butler's  Small  Catechism,  3  cents,  or  $1.50  per 

100. 


In  6  Volumes,  Square  Itimo. 


Each  volume  sold  separately,  or  in  sets  of  six. 
Fancy  paper  covers,  13  cents.  Neat  cloth,  gilt 
backs,  25  cents,  containing 

The  Two  Doves,  aQd  other  Tales.    A  Story-Book 
for  the  Young. 

Harry  Tripp;  or.  Shaking  the  Crah-Tree,  and 
other  Stories  for  the  Young. 

The    Clever    Boy,    and    other    Stories   for   tbV 

Young. 
The  Little  Basket-Maker,  and  other  Stories  for 

the  Young. 
The  Water   Fairy,  and  other    Stories  for   the 

Young. 
The  King  of  the  Swans,  aad  other  Stories  for  th» 

Young. 


H.  McGRATH'S  PUBLICATIONS. 

ial  ani 


In  12  Tolnmes,  Square  24mo.    First  Series. 


Each  volume  sold  separately,  or  in  sets  of  twelve. 
Fancy  paper  covers,  15  cents ;  or  in  neat  cloth,  gilt 
backs,  25  cents.  Containing 

The  Wonderful  Doctor.    An    Eastern  Tale.    Uy 

Canon  Schniid. 
The  Easter  Eggs,  and  other  Tales.    In  one  vol. 

By  Canon  ScLraid. 
Tie  Nightingale,  and  the  Inundation  of  the 

Rhine.    In  one  vol.    By  Canon  Schmid. 
Henry  Eicheafels,  and  The  lire,    in  one  vol.   By 

Can  -a  Schmid. 
Hop-Blossoms,  and  The  Cray-Pish,    In  one  »</l. 

By  Canon  Schmid. 
s  The  Jewels,  and  Diamond  Ring,    In  one  vol.    By 

Canon  Schmid. 
The  Wooden  Cross,  and  Chapel  of  Wolfsbnhl.    In 

one  vol.    By  Canon  Schmid. 
Lewis,  the  Little  Emigrant,    By  Canon  Schmid. 
The  Little  Hermit,    By  Canon  Schmid. 
Christmas  Eve,    By  Canon  Schmid. 
The  Black  Lady,  and  other  Tales.    In  one  volume. 

By  Canon  Schmid. 
Memoirs  of  a  Guardian  Angel,    A  Catholic  Tale. 

Translated  from  the  French. 


H.  McGRATH'S  PUBLICATIONS. 


In  12  Volumes,  Square  24mo.   Second  Series. 


Each  volume  sold  separately,  or  in  seta  of  twelve. 
Fancy  paper  covers,  15  cents ;  or  in  neat  cloth,  gilt 
backs,  25  cents.  Containing 

Hail  Maryj  or,  The  Beauties  of  the  Angelican 

Salutation,    And  other  Tales. 
Valentine  Redmond ;  or,  The  Cross  of  the  Forest, 

And  other  Ta"les.    In  one  volume. 
The  Angel  of  Consolation,    To  which  is  added, 

The  Infidel's  Death-Bed.    In  one  volume. 
The    Adopted    Son,      And    other   Tales.    In  ono 

volume. 
Isabella  j  or,  The  Heroine  of  Algiers,    And  other 

Tales.    In  one  volume. 
Lucy  Lambert;  or,  The  Shrine  of  the  Forest,    By 

Mary  M.  King. 

Lent  Lilies,    And  other  Tales.    In  one  volume. 
Foor  Fanny ;  or,  The  Motherless  Child  who  found 

a  Mother.    By  Mary  Monica. 
The  Little  Snow-Drop ;  or,  The  Unbaptized  One, 

By  Cecelia  Mary  Cadell. 
The  Step-Sisters  j  or,  A  Cure  for  Prejudice,    And 

other  Tales.    In  ono  volume. 
Lucy  Ward ;  or,  The  Dweller  in  the  Tabernacle. 
Rich  and  Foor  i  or,  Lady  Adela  and  Grumbling 

Molly, 


H.  McG BATH'S  PUBLICATIONS. 

rotjpr  lamts's  f  ibrarj. 

In  12  Volumes,  Royal  32mo. 


Each  vMome  sold  separately,  or  in  sets  of  twelv*. 
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backs,  19  cents.  Containing, 

O'Hara  Blake  i  or,  The  Lost  Heir, 
Clare  Costelloe  j  A  True  Story, 
The  Two  Friends ;  or,  The  Beward  of  Industry. 
Catherine  Hall  i  or,  The  Deserted  Child. 
Miles  O'Donnell  i  or,  The  Story  of  a  Life. 
Little  Mary;  or,  The  Child  of  Providence. 
The  Cousins}  or,  The  Test  of  Friendship, 
The  Bequest  j  or,  All  is  not  Gold  that  Glitter*. 
The  Rose  and  the  Lily;  or,  The  Twin  Sisters. 
Body  O'Leary;  or,  The  Young  Outlaw. 
The  Village  Ruin,  and  Knight  of  the  Sheep, 
The  White  Knight  j  or,  The  Bock  of  the  Candle. 


H.  McGRATH'3  PUBLICATIONS, 


Catftolit  ifltfert  fiteg. 

In  13  Volumes,  :«nio. 


A  series  of  valuable  little  works.  By  St.  Alphon- 
mis  Liguori.  Each  volume  sold  separately,  or  hi 
suts  of  thirteen.  Paper  covers,  6  cents.  Cloth,  12 
c»  nts.  Containing, 

Divine  Love,  and  the  means  of  acquiring  it, 

(insolation  and  Enconragement  for  a  Sonl  in  a 
State  of  Spiritual  Desolation,  with  admonitions 
for  persons  in  every  state  of  life. 

Means  of  Acquiring  Perfection, 

Conformity  with  the  Will  of  God, 

Conversing  Continually  and  Familiarly  "with  bod. 

Practice  of  Meditation  and  Practice  of  Perfection. 

Bules  of  a  Christian  Life, 

Practice  of  Christian  Virtues. 

Obligation  of  Children  and  Parents  towards  each 
other, 

Explanation  of  the  Sacrament  of  Penance. 

Novena  to  the  Sacred  Heart  of  Jesus, 

The  Virtue  of  Chastity,  the  Enormity  of  the  Sin 
of  Impurity,  with  remedies  against  this  horrible 
vice. 

The  Injuries  done  to  our  Neighbor,  in  hia  Chanc- 
ier, Person,  Property,  Ac. 


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